Victorian Consolidated Regulations

DOMESTIC ANIMALS REGULATIONS 2015 - REG 14

For the purposes of the definition of permanent identification device in section 3(1) of the Act, the following classes of permanent identification device are prescribed—

        (a)     a prescribed permanent identification device that—

              (i)     is designed to transmit stored information when activated by a reader; and

              (ii)     complies with the requirements in AS 5019-2001 that a transponder must meet in order to conform to that standard; and

              (iii)     contains a unique identification number—

    (A)     that complies with the requirements in AS 5018-2001 for a unique identification code transmitted by a transponder; and

    (B)     the first 3 digits of which are the code allocated to the manufacturer of the device by the International Committee for Animal Recording;

        (b)     in the case of a prescribed animal that is the subject of a written agreement for sale to a person who intends to keep the animal in another country, a prescribed permanent identification device that—

              (i)     complies with the laws of that country relating to the permanent identification of that class of animal; and

              (ii)     is to be sold or supplied for implantation into that animal or is implanted in that animal.